diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/port.c b/drivers/cxl/core/port.c
index fef3aa0c6680..54f72452fb06 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/port.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/port.c
@@ -822,16 +822,18 @@ DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(cxl_einj_inject_fops, NULL, cxl_einj_inject,
 
 static void cxl_debugfs_create_dport_dir(struct cxl_dport *dport)
 {
+	struct cxl_port *parent = parent_port_of(dport->port);
 	struct dentry *dir;
 
 	if (!einj_cxl_is_initialized())
 		return;
 
 	/*
-	 * dport_dev needs to be a PCIe port for CXL 2.0+ ports because
-	 * EINJ expects a dport SBDF to be specified for 2.0 error injection.
+	 * Protocol error injection is only available for CXL 2.0+ root ports
+	 * and CXL 1.1 downstream ports
 	 */
-	if (!dport->rch && !dev_is_pci(dport->dport_dev))
+	if (!dport->rch &&
+	    !(dev_is_pci(dport->dport_dev) && parent && is_cxl_root(parent)))
 		return;
 
 	dir = cxl_debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(dport->dport_dev));